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Updating a Snap Server That Does Not Have Internet Access
If you have Snap Servers that do not have Internet access, use the following
procedures to download the signature files to a machine with Internet access and
then copy them to the Snap Server.
When retrieving signature updates, the antivirus software attempts to connect
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to all the sites in the site list in the order they are listed. To avoid delays or
superfluous error messages, delete the default FTP option from the list on Snap
Servers that have no Internet access.
Using a workstation with Internet access, go to
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inoculan/scaneng
• All *.tar files containing the word Linux, e.g., fi_Linux_i386.tar and
ii_Linux_i386.tar
• All *.txt files containing the string Sig, e.g., Siglist.txt and Siglist2.txt
Using a method appropriate to your environment, copy the update files to a Snap
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Server (or any FTP or Windows/SMB server).
If using a Snap Server, copy the files to the root of a share. You can configure
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other Snap Servers to automatically get their signature updates from a single
Snap Server (see following procedure). To do so, the update files must reside on
the root of a share, not a subdirectory within a share.
Choose
3 Scanner > Signature Update Options
Click the button, and select Local Path from the Method pull-down menu.
Add
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In the Path field, enter the path to the directory on the server on which the update
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file resides. If you are using a Snap Server, the path would be similar to the
following:
/shares/SHARE1/sigfiles.
where SHARE1/sigfiles is the share path to the directory containing the signature
update files.
Click . The path appears in the list box.
OK
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Click
Download Now
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Distributing Updates from One Server to Another
When retrieving signature updates, the antivirus software attempts to connect to all
the sites in the site list in the order they are listed. To avoid delays or superfluous
error messages, delete the default FTP option from the list on Snap Servers that
have no Internet access.
and download the following files.
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ftp://ftpav.ca.com/pub/
, and click the Incoming tab.
Chapter 9 CA eTrust Antivirus Software
Signature Updates
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